First trip to the mountains in 2014 was successful . Although I did not catch the winter home for

some years now , I can not say that I missed it, coldness and snow that creates practical difficulties are not pluses in my world . I went with a direct train from Constanta to Brasov , and admit that the trip was comfy and surprisingly we arrived on time. Brasov was just as nice and clean as always, but being in Romania its hard to hide some facts. At the train station area, when you arrive you are greeted by some nice guys who offer you a cab that has triple fares. The atmosphere around the station is typical of our country with all sorts of shady characters colorful , maybe not as problematic and unsafe as in Constanta but anyway . We got into a normal taxi and we arrived rapidly At Piata Sfatului Square ( the ride should not exceed 8 lei from the station) , the square was a bustle of people , tourists of different nations , the temperature somewhere to -1 , but that does not prevent people to stand outside at the terraces with the sun , especially since there was no wind . Instead the rude boys at Zu Radio have slammed right into the middle of the square a big advertisment I LOVE RADIO ZU written in blue letters bigger people that simply ruin any photograph taken of the market from any angle ….. RADIO ZU are peasants !

After leaving our luggages at the villa where stayed for the third time , we ran in Poiana Brasov. If down in the city the snow started to melt , up the slope was ok , very good for skiing . A pair of skis can be rented from stores for 40 lei for the whole day , and if you want to use the ski cable climb facility , you will pay around 25 lei for 5 ascents . From Poaiana Brasov you can take the cable car that goes up to the top of Postavaru mountain , though it has only 1800 meters high offers some magnificent views on the rest of the cities of Brasov and Prahova Valley area , in the background Seeing other mountains. I was lucky that I got a day without fog or clouds . The cable car costs about 35 lei for a return trip , but I saw that most people just use it for ascending , descending skiing or snowboarding on the slopes below …. niceeeeee .

Tired of skiing, we went to the famous restaurant “Sura Dacilor” where to be honest I left with a bitter taste. There was pretty good food , game meat was okay, but the service and ridiculous prices are simply not worth it . Bonus: in the elegant restaurant sometimes homeless people come in and ask for money at each table.

In the evening we went back to town , where we took to as many clubs and bars possible , in Brasov there are many many places to enjoy the night life. I noticed there are plenty of places where is played old music , including Studio 80 , New Oldies and more , honestly I dont like that type of music music but the atmosphere inside makes it worthwhile , though a little weird to see women with same age as my mother dancing in the club 🙂 There are many places in this town , for all tastes, ages and budgets , and it’s nice to get from one place and enter the next hallway in another place or in a basement with arched ceiling or the floor on a old ladder . At 4 am I just can not you believe how many people on the street are wandering between pubs . It looks like Thursday and Friday evenings are more suited to go out , youth and residents feel much better than Saturday night when the city gets filled with tourists, rude people and apparently gays.

Unfortunately towards the end of the weekend about all the snow was gone, even up on the slopes few remained . And like any trip in Romania there had to be some bad parts , not wanting to wait for the evening train we opted for an alternative bus to Bucharest , to get a faster connection there. Being with little sleep time in the last 3 days , I felt aslept instantly when we got on the bus , waking up after about 2 hours I was astonished to find my self only in Azuga ( about 30 km distance) , against the endless column of cars, , the traffic police are lacking in the landscape . Sitting in traffic besides the rail tracks seeing how many trains fly by . After arriving in Bucharest 3:30 hours later with and numb feet ( there was no stopping on the way) , I decided to take the train to Constanta, the same train that we initially intended to take for the first time from Brasov but leave later, however the nice lady from the ticket office omitted to tell us that the train coming from Brasov and continues on to Constanta has a small delay of 65 minutes due to “a small fault ” small details apparently , so basicly we covered 300 km in about 3 hours…. . Over all a nice trip , with good experiences , i cant wait for the next one 😀